Metoprolol Succinate (Cont.)

Metoprolol Succinate: When and How Do I Take It?

Some general considerations for when and how to take metoprolol succinate include:
 
  • Metoprolol succinate comes in a tablet form and is taken once a day.
     
  • Metoprolol succinate should be taken with or immediately after a meal.
     
  • Do not break, chew, or crush the metoprolol succinate tablets.
     
  • Metoprolol succinate should be taken at the same time each day to maintain an even level of the medicine in your blood.
     
  • For metoprolol succinate to work properly, you have to take it as prescribed. Metoprolol succinate will not work if you stop taking it.
     
  • You should not stop taking metoprolol succinate without first discussing it with your healthcare provider. Stopping metoprolol succinate abruptly increases the risk of serious side effects (see Precautions and Warnings With Metoprolol Succinate).
     

Metoprolol Succinate Dosing

The dose of metoprolol succinate that your healthcare provider recommends will vary depending on a number of factors, including:
 
  • Your age
  • The medical condition you are being treated for
  • Other medical conditions you may have
  • Other medications you may be currently taking
  • How you respond to metoprolol succinate.
     
As always, do not adjust your dose unless your healthcare provider specifically instructs you to do so.
 
(Click Dosing With Metoprolol Succinate for more information about dosing for metoprolol succinate.)
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD;